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BaileyBlue302❄Erika Olson❄
Erika was quite surprised to find that the Treetop battle was quite a big deal with one of the largest buildings in town being used to house the event. She just kind of expected it to be an outdoor field but in hindsight, this scale totally made sense. Anyway, Erika got introduced to the rules by a nice lady but when it came to berries, she had no idea there were so many different types! So when it came to filling out her card, she just selected random, hoping they'd give her good berries she guessed.
Anyway onto the battling and Erika immediately knew which three of her team she wanted to use. Sno, Chic, and Gibs. They were the strongest she had and they covered a wide enough range but Erika was kind of expecting a lot of grass types since it seemed like trainers from the area, for the most part.
With the first battle, Erika couldn't help but gush at the little trainer, even if he had a scary threat (probably not true) of winning five hundreds. "Awww... I'm sure you've really trained hard to be that good."
The first Pokemon out had at least initially confirmed Erika's theory. Grass-type. So Erika decided to use Chic and by extension use Ember to play it her advantage. Erika anticipated she should win but did her best to keep offering encouraging words to her opponent. Next came Seedot and while Chic would work here, Erika withdrew and gave Gibs a chance. Sand attack was used twice before Dragon Rage was used to try and finish the opponent off. Finally, Metapod was a good time to use Sno, Erika thought. Double Team was used once before Erika realized that Metapod might just harden a lot so she switched to Powder Snow which was a special based attack. Erika made sure to offer her compliments to the little trainer after the battle and encourage him!
For the next battle, Erika gushed again finding another young trainer but privately she worried that all she'll be doing is facing off against preschoolers! "Oh nice work! I haven't been to the Valley yet but let's see what you caught."
A Spearow, huh. Again typing advantage was useful and Sno had her Ice moves. Powder Snow was used since Erika believed that Spearow was more physical and less special defensive. Faced with a Shroomish second, Erika decided to switch to (surprise!) Chic and use Ember right from the get go. Seeing as how her opponent was trying to get some lasting effects, Erika planned on using Ember to quickly finish off the fight before it got out of hand. Deerling gave Erika a chance to use Gibs who would mirror his strategy as last time. Sand-Attack twice to lower the accuracy before Dragon Rage, which should be unaffected by stat changes.
Yet another child was Erika's next opponent but with him all dressed up in a Pikachu outfit, Erika couldn't help smile. "Aww.. A big fan of picture or maybe you are a Pikachu... I can't tell the difference."
Pikachu was, perhaps, the easiest to counter as Gibs completely nullified electric attacks with his Ground typing. So he was in the battle, ideally for all three Pikachus. Dragon Rage was used throughout all the whole battle.
Erika had to appreciate her next opponent as it was finally a good time to gauge herself before the gym. "Yep! I plan on taking on Archie after this." Erika replied before finding herself quite stricken with the Lady's sudden tough words. "Oh, I don't think Stillwood Trainers are weak!"
Onto the battle, Lombre seemed to indeed be quite the challenge. No typing advantage this time, in fact, Erika felt like she was at a disadvantage. Thankfully Gibs's dual typing meant that he wouldn't have an awful time in this battle so that was Erika's plan. Sand-Attack was used three times initially to try and make extra sure Lombre couldn't hit before Erika would try to Dragon Rage Lombre down. Vivillion offered Erika a choice but she decided to run with Sno, who Erika mistakenly thought (though to her advantage anyway) had a double advantage for Ice being effective against bug and flying types. Icy Shard was Erika's only choice as she believed it would make quick work in the battle. Whimsicott looked pretty intimidating but Erika hoped Chic was up to the challenge. Once it was revealed that Stun Spore was their plan, Erika resorted to Ember only to try and knock out her opponent quickly!
